by Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick WASHINGTON  — The Senate early Friday morning approved Homeland Securityfunds to pay Transportation Security Administration agents and most other agencies, but not the immigration enforcement operations at the heart of the budget impassethat has jammed airports, disrupted travel and imposed financial hardship on workers. The deal, which the Senate approved unanimously without a roll call, next goes to the House, which is expected to consider it Friday. “We can get at least a lot of the government opened up again and then we’ll go from there,” said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.…

by Chinedu Asadu ABUJA, Nigeria  — The U.N. General Assembly’s resolution on Wednesday declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations is being welcomed across Africa and among slave descendants and advocates of restorative justice. At the same time, questions swirl over what the resolution means and what reparationscould look like. About 12 million Africans were forcefully taken by European nations from the 16th to the 19th century and enslaved on plantations that built wealth at the price of misery. Here’s what to know about the U.N. resolution: Ghana pushed for the resolution…

 by Joseph Omoremi CHICAGO, IL -A deliberate attempt to prevent the disclosures of secret informers, eaves dropping equipment and identity of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)’s officers  among other things were listed as reasons why the criminal investigations of President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria between 1990 and 1993 were either withheld in full, redacted or partially disclosed. “Releasing law enforcement records consisting entirely of third-party personal information and law enforcement findings, as well as confidential source of information, would facilitate circumvention of the law, disclose the identity of the source or the substance of the information provided in confidence,” said the…

by Will Weissert WASHINGTON  — Political warning signs that have privately worried some Republicans for months are starting to flash red ahead of November’s midterm elections, as the war in Iran keeps gas prices high, travelers face unprecedented airport security wait times and Americans remain concerned about steep costs of living. The latest sign of trouble came Tuesday from President Donald Trump’s own backyard as Democrat Emily Gregory won a Florida special election to flip a state legislative district that encompasses his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach. Against that backdrop, Trump will work to rally the GOP on Wednesday night…

by Hillel Italie Bob Woodward’s next book will be an inside account of how the bestselling author and award-winning journalist came to write so many inside accounts. “Secrets: A Reporter’s Memoir” will offer Woodward’s take on some of the government leaders he has known and the news he has helped break, from Watergate to the inner workings of the Trump administration. Simon & Schuster announced Tuesday that “Secrets” will come out Sept. 29. “He has kept notes, transcripts and files of all of his interviews with the most important players in Washington,” the publisher’s announcement reads in part. “For the…

by Tim Reynolds NEW YORK  — The NBA has finally decided to consider expanding past its current 30-team footprint, with the league’s owners voting Wednesday to start exploring the process of adding franchises in Las Vegas and Seattle. It was not a surprise move; expansion has been a consideration for years, and it’s been clear for some time that those two cities — both with longstanding ties to the NBA — are the ones that are now a significant step closer toward joining the league. Las Vegas, the league’s summer home for years and site of the first NBA Cup…

by Jonathan J. Cooper Democrat Emily Gregory won a Florida special election on Tuesday, flipping a state legislative district that is home to Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach estate that President Donald Trump counts as his residence. The president had endorsed Gregory’s rival, Jon Maples. In a social media post Monday, he urged voters to turn out, saying Maples was backed “by so many of my Palm Beach County friends.” Democrats celebrated the victory as the latest sign voters are turning against Trump and Republicans ahead of the midterm elections in November. Tuesday was the latest in a series of…

by Jake Offenhartz, Jennifer Peltz and Rob Gilles NEW YORK — Moments after an Air Canada jet collided at high speed with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, killing the pilots and hurling a flight attendant from the aircraft, the passengers took their escape into their own hands. With the smell of fuel in the air and debris dangling from the obliterated cockpit, passengers tore open emergency exit doors, jumped off the plane’s wings and then turned around to catch others coming up behind them, some bleeding or with head wounds. “Strangely enough, I wasn’t scared or panicked.…

by Andrea Rodriquez HAVANA  — Cuba began restoring its energy system on Sunday, a day after a nationwide collapse of the entire grid left millions of people in the dark for the third time this month. Some 72,000 customers in the capital, among them five hospitals, had electricity again early Sunday, according to a report from the state-run Electric Union and the Ministry of Energy and Mines, but it’s only a fraction of Havana’s total population of approximately 2 million. In Havana and provinces such as western Matanzas and eastern Holguin, local power microsystems were set up to supply the…

SAN RAFAEL, Costa Rica (March 22, 2026) – The U.S. U-17 Women’s National Team defeated Puerto Rico, 4-0, to win its third consecutive match and take first place in Group B at the Final Round of the Concacaf Women’s U-17 Qualifiers. The group title earned the USA a berth to the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. Forward Maddie DiMaria (from the penalty spot) and midfielder Mia Corona scored first-half goals while forward Mak Whitham and midfielder Taylor Morrell both came off the bench at halftime to score as the USA patiently broke down a gritty Puerto Rico side to book its…